With a Dash of Orange Juice
Spring officially began on the 20th March but today felt like ‘real spring’ with temperatures of up to 4 °c (39°F), coupled with some nice cool sunshine. I actually came back from my walk, sweating!! I was a bit slow on posting last week, but I did a lot of cooking so I have piles of posts, waiting to be unleashed.
Today I decided to go orange. As I mentioned last week “orange represents enthusiasm, fascination, happiness, creativity, determination, attraction, success, encouragement and motivation. It’s associated with joy and sunshine. I want to start my week on a bright bubbly note.
I hope you all had a wonderful weekend and also hope you all started your week on a bubbly note, like me. I am trying to be as positive as possible but of course I do slip many times a day. But as we always say, “If you fall, just stand up and walk on.” That reminds me of one day, two weeks ago, when the snow was melting all over the place and I fell on my butt, along with all my grocery. Oh boy-it was so hilarious. I stood up so fast, hoped nobody saw me fall, and walked at Olympic pace. Later on in the night I had a really good laugh. I’m lucky because, somehow, I always fall on my butt. It was so funny, one minute, I was walking happily, and the next minute I was seated on the cold, icy sidewalk, wondering, “What happened?”
So much for the falling trivia, today I want to share the recipe for carrot and sweet potato soup. I love sweet potatoes. In fact, I love all potatoes. So settle back and enjoy the recipe. If you are reading this line, thanks for your patience and support and do come back again.
Carrot and Sweet Potato Soup
Preparation time: 20 minutes; Cooking time: 40 minutes; Serves: 4
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil or butter
- I large onion, peeled and finely chopped
- 3 clove garlics, crushed
- 450g (1 Ib) carrots, peeled and sliced
- 300g (10.5oz) sweet potatoes, peeled and diced
- 1 level teaspoon ground mixed spice
- 1000ml (4 cups) vegetable or chicken stock
- 2-3 fresh basil stems, bruised
- Zest (rind) and juice from one large orange
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- Half and half (10%) cream for garnishing
- Extra basil for garnishing
Instructions
- Heat the olive oil or butter in a large pan and cook the onion and garlic for one minute. Add the carrots and sweet potatoes and cook for 4 minutes. Add the mixed spice and cook for one minute. Season with salt and freshly ground pepper.
- Stir in the vegetable or chicken stock, add the basil stems and bring the soup to the boil. Reduce the heat, cover and simmer for 25-30 minutes or until vegetables are very tender.
- Remove the pan from the heat. Discard the basil stems and blend the soup until smooth.
- Rinse the pan and pour back the soup into it. Stir in the orange zest (rind) and juice. Heat the soup gently, stirring occasionally until piping hot.
- Serve the soup. Swirl in the cream and garnish with basil.
- Last Updated: 06 June 2019
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Step By Step Photos
This was meant to be a carrot soup, but I had some left over sweet potatoes and I said why not? so it was transformed it into a carrot-sweet-potato soup at the spur of a moment.
Please always assemble all the ingredients, before you start cooking.
Heat the olive oil in a large pan and cook the onion and garlic for one minute.
Add the carrots and sweet potatoes and cook for 4 minutes.
Add the mixed spice and cook for one minute.
Season with salt and freshly ground pepper.
Stir in the vegetable or chicken stock, add two basil stems and bring the soup to the boil.
Reduce the heat, cover and simmer for 25-30 minutes or until vegetables are very tender..
Remove the pan from the heat. Discard the basil stems and blend the soup until smooth.
Rinse the pan and pour back the soup to it. Stir in the orange zest (rind) and juice. Heat the soup gently, stirring occasionally until piping hot.
Serve the soup. Swirl in the cream and garnish with basil.
I hope you enjoyed the soup. If you would like to contribute a recipe as a guest, please contact me at (myfavouritepastime(at)yahoo.com)
myfavouritepastime.com Last Updated: 06 June 2019
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[…] first time I made carrot soup, I combined the carrots with orange sweet potato. It resulted in a very sweet and orange soup. I […]
certainly making this soup. moth-watering!
It’s one of my favourites, please enjoy it if you do make it. Thanks again for being here!!!!
This recipe sounds incredible. I was surprised to find that I loved simple cream of carrot soup – this sounds so much more exciting and flavorful. Can’t wait to try it! Just want you to know that I laughed out loud when I read that you were sweating in 39F weather – I live in the U.S. in the South and that is COLD!! Spring hit us today as it almost reached 80F 🙂 I would love to visit Canada.
Thank you for stopping by my blog, for leaving me a note and for making me laugh. I live in the “warmer” parts of Canada and right now the temperature is at 37°F. But this is warm by Canadian standards, at least I can go out without gloves and just pocket. Omg if spring is 80°F, what is summer like?? I would hate to imagine summer in the south then. You should visit one day, it’s not too far. Please give me a feedback if you ever try any recipe. Thanks again for stopping by!!!
I will definitely let you know when I try out your recipes. I am looking forward to exploring your site more and future posts. So great to have you following MBV blog – thanks! As for our 80F weather this week, it is a bit warm for our usual Spring. The weather has been weird this year. Mid-Summer it can get up to 100F!! Early Spring and late Fall are the best seasons here. When is the best time to visit Canada – does it ever get up 50F?
Don’t get too excited. My site is only two and a half months old so I haven’t posted much yet. it’s still growing slowly. The funny thing is that Summer in Canada can be extremely hot too, up to 95F and with the windshield factor it usually feels even hotter than that. I hate and love summers at the same time, but I think the best weather is in fall. Cool and nice. The best time to visit is summer because schools are closed-July/August. Okay thanks for stopping by, and enjoy your week!
Hi Liz, thank you for stopping by my blog, you have a wonderful blog. I like the soups, especially that now in Sydney we are in the middle of autumn and I was just looking for nice soups. I will try the recipe to warm us up.
Thanks for stopping by and for liking my soups, if you ever make anything from here please give me a feedback. My dream is to visit Australia one day….
I will definitely update you, I make the cakes and hubby the food so I am passing the recipes to him :-). If you will have the chance to come update me, I didn’t yet see a lot but Sydney and Brisbane are amazing.
Okay so I must visit Brisbane then, if I ever come there. When I hear of Australia I always think of Oprah and Ellen, during Oprah’s visit we saw so many beautiful places to visit in Australia. Thanks for stopping by.
I love both of these soups but putting them together, pure genius!
Hey thanks for stopping by…I appreciate!! and thanks for taking time to leave a note!
Looks amazing, This is something similar to my Butternut & Sweet Potato Soup, but surely next time will give it a go with carrots http://on.fb.me/16uYQig
I shall try and browse the soup tomorrow, and will give you a feedback. It’s a bit late now and my eyes are snoozing!!
I’m surprised about the addition of oranges to the soup—sounds delicious, though! Do you taste the citrus or does the flavor blend in? It may be a cute idea to garnish with thinly cut orange rinds!
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Oh yes it does taste delicious and there is a subtle taste of the citrus. Yes it’s a cute idea to garnish with orange, makes a statement about the soup. Thanks for stopping by.
Pinned it! Can’t wait to try it. Thank you for stopping by my blog – it might never have found myfavouritepastime! Cheers- M
Omg this is exciting, I think this will be my first photo on Pinterest, thanks so much for pinning it! and thanks for the likes! Cheers to you to!
It;s easy, healty and tasty recipe..;;
nice version of creamy soup….
Thank you so much for stopping by and leaving this note. I really appreciate!
Ha Ha this is hilarious. Last winter I fell three times. I’m lucky I didn’t break my leg. I am sorry I’m laughing but your story is soo funny…It’s good you didn’t hurt yourself. The carrot soup looks delicious!
Don’t worry, I also laughed at myself because I thought I was “fall proof” The carrot soup was delicious, I loved it!
Hi Liz! This post made me laugh, thanks for making my evening! I can’t wait to try this recipe when I get a blender!
Oh yeah Jojo told me he had fallen five times during the cold icy days, and I thought “how could he fall, he doesn’t tread with care like me?, Ha-I could never fall.” The day I fell…I cannot even explain what happened. I just found myself sitting on the sidewalk. Then I remembered Jojo and the “Ha I can’t fall”. I realized no matter how careful you are…you can sometimes fall!!!
This sounds delish!!!
Thanks for checking out some of the older posts on my blog… The “likes” are very much appreciated!
Hi thanks for popping by and for the little chat! I’m looking forward to the forthcoming craft from ‘The whole Bead Show.’
Looks yummy! I love sweet potatoes. Thanks for sharing. 🙂
Thanks for popping by. You do have beautiful poems on your blog! I enjoyed reading them.